Part Two Sounds in Connected Speech 1. Strong and Weak Forms 2. Assimilation and elision 3. Liaison 4. Length of a sound 5. Word stress 6. Sentence stress 7. Rhythm 8. Sense groups and Pause
VOCABULARY Section A Directions: There 80 sentences in this exercise. Beneath each sentence there are four choices. Choose the one word or phrase that you think best completes the sentences
The length of a sound is the length of time during which it is held on continuously in a given word or phrase. The principal facts concerning length in English are given in the following rules: 203. Length of vowels 1. English vowels /i:/, /a: / /:/, /u:/, /a: /are longer than the other English vowels in similar context, i.e., when surrounded by the same sounds, and pronounced with the same degree of stress. Thus
There are many ways of attracting customers to your product and keeping your brand name in the public eye. Fill the gaps with suitable words from the list below Packaging Personal selling Point of sale advertising Public relations licity Sales literature Showrooms Sponsorship Telephone sales Trade fairs and exhibitions Word of mouth
Choose the missing words from the box. The first one is done for you as an example. memorandum courier pencil reference clear registered enclose zip code post code p.p. acknowledge printer stationery word-processed
Grammar Directions: There are 80 sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four choices. Choose one word or phrase that you think best completes the sentence